March 10, 2004

Police: Man Tried to Pass Fake Story About Weapons of Mass
Destruction

By THE DIFFERENTIATED
PRESS

Filed at 10:04 a.m. ET

OVINGTON, Ga. (DP) -- A man claiming to be the president of the
United States was arrested by police here today for saying repeatedly that
a country named Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and that these were a
clear and present danger to the United States. According to a source
familiar with the case, the man, who is still in custody, had said someone "told him
so", that he believed it "at the time", and that his belief was reinforced
when he saw the story repeated "on television and in the papers" and by
"scores of legislators" including "my old friend John Kerry".

"It sounded real, but of course there's nothing real about it,"
Covington Police Chief Stacey Cotton said Tuesday. "People say crazy
things all the time. I think it's just another example of some odd things
that occur."

The man, whose name was being withheld pending notification of
relatives, was charged with lying with the intent to mislead, a felony in
this state. Covington District Attorney Jefferson Davidson III said the
felony charge was necessary because of the extent of the damage caused by
the man's behavior.

Mr. Davidson said he was consulting with the state Attorney General,
Roberta Leesona, because recent changes in the state's criminal statutes
might require him to bring additional charges against the man. These
changes define a legal concept called "killing by a corporate entity". Mr.
Davidson said the man's statement that he had "help from a lot of top
notch people in suits" might bring him within the legal definition of a
"corporate entity".

The relevant portion of the new statute is:

The Core Offense of Corporate Killing

A corporate entity is guilty of corporate killing if:

(a) a management failure by the corporate entity is the cause or
one of the causes of a person's death; and

(b) that failure constitutes conduct falling far below what can
reasonably be expected of the corporate entity in the circumstances.

For the purposes of subsection (1) above:

(a) there is a management failure by a corporate entity if the way
in which its activities are managed or organized fails to ensure the
health and safety of persons employed in or affected by those
activities; and

(b) such a failure may be regarded as a cause of a person's death
notwithstanding that the immediate cause is the act or omission of an
individual.

A woman who gave her name as "Condy" when answering the phone at the
number given by the man said, "What's he doing down there? Tell him to get
his white (unprintable) up here, because we're running him for president.
This is all a misunderstanding that will be cleared up by the lawyers."

Covington is 32 miles southeast of Atlanta.

Copyright 2004 The Differentiated
Press

March 10, 2004

Police: Woman Tried to Pass Fake $1M Bill

By
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:02 a.m. ET

COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) -- A woman was caught trying to use a fake $1
million bill to buy $1,675 worth of merchandise at a Wal-Mart, and was
later found with two more of the bills in her purse, police said.

The United States Treasury does not make $1 million bills, but people
can buy souvenirs of such a bill at some stores, police said.

``It looks real, but of course there's nothing real about this,''
Covington Police Chief Stacey Cotton said Tuesday. ``People do crazy
things all the time. I think it's just another example of some odd things
that occur.''

A clerk at the store immediately noticed the bill was fake when
35-year-old Alice Regina Pike handed it to her on Friday, Cotton said.

Pike then tried to use two gift cards with only $2.32 of value on them
to buy the merchandise, but when that didn't work she again asked if the
clerk could cash the $1 million bill, Cotton said. The store then called
police.

Pike, of Porterdale, was charged with forgery. There was no listing for
her phone number in directory assistance, and she could not be reached for
comment Tuesday.